Canada’s Chief Public Health Officer Teresa Tam is urging Canadians to acknowledge the problem of misinformation and disinformation and to not spread it. Correct information is key to stemming the spread of COVID-19 and “is key to saving lives,” she… »
Lynn Desjardins
Born and raised in Montreal, Quebec, Lynn has dedicated her working life to journalism. After decades in the field, she still believes journalism to be a pillar of democracy and she remains committed to telling stories she believes are important or interesting. Lynn loves Canada and embraces all seasons: skiing, skating, and sledding in winter, hiking, swimming and playing tennis in summer and running all the time. She is a voracious consumer of Canadian literature, public radio programs and classical music. Family and friends are most important. Good and unusual foods are fun. She travels when possible and enjoys the wilderness.
Projects launched to promote healthy aging in Canada
The number of Canadians over the age of 65 now outnumbers those under 15. Population data collected in 2019 found that 17 per cent of the population was over the age of 65 and the number is increasing at a… »
Health, International, Politics, Society
Canada sets tougher quarantine measures for travellers
As the more easily transmitted variants of COVID-19 emerge in Canada, the government is enhancing quarantine measures for travellers arriving in the country by air and by land. Those who arrive at airports are already required to provide proof of… »
Millions of children in Yemen face acute malnutrition, warns UN
Yemen is one of the most dangerous places in the world for children to grow up, say four UN agencies, and almost 2.3 million of those under five years old will likely suffer from acute malnutrition in 2021. Of those,… »
Environment & Animal Life, Society
Backyard bird count starts in Canada and world
The COVID-19 pandemic may be a particularly good time for people in Canada and around the world to take part in the Great Backyard Bird Count. The 24th edition of this activity takes place between February 12 to 15, 2021.… »
Arts & Entertainment, Economy, Society
Help for audiovisual productions dealing with COVID-19
The government of Canada is extending and increasing compensation to audiovisual companies that have had to halt production because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Another $50 million has been added to a fund launched towards the end of 2020 to support… »
Health, Internet, Science & Technology
Doctors urge permanent implementation of virtual care
Before the COVID-19 pandemic, Canada’s publicly-funded healthcare care system did not usually pay doctors for other than in-person consultations with patients. With a view to changing that, three associations representing Canada’s doctors had set up a task force to study… »
Union decries news, media cuts by profitable Bell
The union representing workers at CTV Bell Media is condemning recent layoffs at radio and television outlets across the country. Unifor says these come at a time when the telecommunications company that owns it, BCE, is profitable and forecasts a… »
Ontario doctors, nurses, hospitals alarmed at loosening restrictions
Case counts of COVID-19 infection are dropping in much of Canada and some provinces including Ontario are relaxing restrictions put in place to slow the spread of the virus. That has Ontario health professionals, hospitals and Canada’s Chief Public Health… »
Security head warns of threats to Canada from China and others
Singling out China, Canada’s spy chief said the greatest threat to national security comes from hostile activities by foreign states. In a speech to a non-partisan think tank, David Vigneault, director of the Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS) said technology… »
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